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Born ronin, daughter of a couple of shugenja, Natsuko quickly felt the kami dislked her. After her parents were killed by bandits, she was taken in by monks, who attempted to console the young girl and redirect her rage and sorrow. [1]

Natsuko was approached by a Chuda, and she willingly joined the so-called Spider Clan. Natsuko was not interested in maho, and its hidden dangers. Withe her keen mid she was introduced in the Daigotsu Courtierschool, and she became an infiltrator. She had a lust for power which drove her into pursuing real opportunities. Natsuko was sent to Kyuden Kurogane-Hana in the guise of a simple traveling ronin scholar, to convince the Rokugani there that cremation was an antiquated practice, so the bodies of those deceased could be later used in dark rituals of her new family. Her ever-present silent companion was the maho-tsukaiChuda Kori. [2]